Comments on: 11 Crazy Quirky Things About Japanhttp://puttingitallonthetable.com/11-crazy-quirky-things-about-japan/
Food, travel, collections, decorating, gardens, books, organizing, and life with Brette Sember. Pull up a chair…Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:53:19 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5By: Brettehttp://puttingitallonthetable.com/11-crazy-quirky-things-about-japan/#comment-23885
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:04:51 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23885We did also and were swiftly corrected by the horrified elderly woman who was dressing us at the ryokan.
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Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:40:09 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23832Great post. I spent a month in Japan and was constantly confronted with all the etiquette issues, including how to properly tie your robe. I somehow always tied it the way it’s done on a corpse. 🙂
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Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:28:37 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23681That is so true. Everyone takes immense pride in their work which really translates into a very orderly experience.
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Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:08:09 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23678My husband recently traveled to Tokyo and said it was terrific. He admired the way everything was treated with such care and was aesthetically pleasing, right down to the vending machines on the street.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:35:47 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23668We encountered the same thing with tourists when we were in line to get into the Palace of Versailles in France (a 3 hour wait). A Japanese tour group was behind us and they kept bumping into us and standing too close. The same was true insode the palace. But we did not experience anything like this in Japan itself. Even on the subways people were not pushy.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:21:33 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23662This is so very interesting. I’ve never visited Japan, but when we were in California and later, Nevada, one year, we encountered some Japanese tourists. They weren’t our definition of polite when waiting to get into attractions, they were very pushy. We were told this is normal in Japan, particularly in the crowded cites. I definitely would need my hand sanitizer – LOL. My niece just visited Japan on a business trip, I;ll ask if she experienced many of the same things.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:24:18 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23660Yes, with my blue eyes and blond hair I felt like a spectacle. We are also taller, wider, and louder than almost anyone there. It was most noticeable in Tokyo. There are lots of foreigner tourists in Kyoto. There were lots of women with brown hair or even some reddish streaks (gasp), so that trend is continuing.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:02:46 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23646So fascinating! I find it really funny about the toilets…or brilliant. And it’s funny, I have noticed Asian women in U.S. bathrooms all having their own cloths with them…I now know where that comes from.
]]>By: Ruth Pennebakerhttp://puttingitallonthetable.com/11-crazy-quirky-things-about-japan/#comment-23618
Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:47:13 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23618When we were there in ’99, the young were dyeing their hair brown to rebel. (Brown?) Some of the conformity is charming, but it can feel oppressive, too.

Also, given that we always try to blend in when we travel, it was disconcerting to be immediately recognizable as foreigners.

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Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:16:23 +0000http://puttingitallonthetable.com/?p=12249#comment-23593Yes, when we landed in DC, I was immediately struck by how rude everyone seemed. It is very nice, but it does not encourage self-expression so I think you would have to give that up. It was definitely interesting to experience it.
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